2018 Golden Owl Vancouver Panel

The 2018 Golden Owl Awards Vancouver Panelists have been released! The panel is an important part of our voting process and represents 60% of the final decision for our winners. Panelists also cannot vote in categories that they are in conflict with.

Andrew Platt
PMA Western Canada

Barry Rabold
Owner, Smiths Pub / Argyle Attic

Casey Mackay
National Manager, Corby’s

Chris Bjerrisgaard
Vancouver Island Brewing/VCBW

Craig Stowe
President, Luxury Alliance Group

Danny Fazio
Arrival Agency

Dave Brown
VIP Host

Desmond Chen
Thai House

Flipout
Radio DJ

Gailea Momolu
VIP Host, Blueprint

Gerry Jobe
Jack Daniels

Gez McAlpine
Rémy Martin

Grant Sceney
Fairmont Pacific Rim

Isaac Terpstra
Sin City Fetish Night

Ivan Lee
Formerly Blueprint

James Iranzad
Owner, Wildebeast

Jason Sulyma
Blueprint

Jay Wallace
Timbre

Jennifer Dolnik
Business Development, e=mc2 events

Jonathan Evans
Farmhouse Fest

Juno Kim
Juno Kim Catering

Karm Sumal
Daily Hive

Leah Heneghan
VCBW

Liam Peyton
Northam Beverages / BC Beer Awards

Mark Brand
Save On Meats, The Diamond, Persephone Brewing, ABLF

Mark Rasta
Spotlight Concerts / Harbour Event Centre

Marlon J English
D6

Michael Wiebe
Vancouver Parks Board Commissioner

Michelle Mouseau
F&B Director, Four Seasons

Natasha Lands
Emily Carr / Cherchez La Femme

Nicholas Simon
Bread Magazine

Nick Black
Strange Fellows Brewing

Paul Grunberg
L’abattoir

Paul Stoilen
President, Safe and Sound

Pedro Serra
Owner, Soulgood

Randa Salloum
Social Media Robson Street

Riaz Khan
Blueprint & LCU

Richard Wolak
Founder, Vanfoodster

Rob Mangelsdorf
Editor, Growler

Sophia Cheng
Sophia Cheng PR

Sophia Rizos
Sophia Cheng PR

Steve Brooks
GM, Drai’s Nightclub

Steve Geszler
Fox Cabaret

The Food Gays
FoodGays.com

Trevor Kallies
Donnelly Group

Trevor Risk
Fox Cabaret / DJ

Tyson Villeneuve
Partner, Social Concierge

How does voting work?

The Golden Owl Hospitality Awards winners are voted on by both public and industry panel voters. Public voters represent a 40% weighting and the industry panel has as 60% weighting in the final result. Industry Panelists are not allowed to vote in any categories that are in a conflict of interest with the nominees. For example, anyone from “Donnelly Group” can’t vote for any of their venues and “Blueprint” can’t vote for their nominees. After twelve years of running this awards show, we have found that this formula brings the most accurate results to what most people feel should be the winners.

Why do you need a panel?

The industry panel was first brought in for our 2012 show and we felt it was needed to curb the “popularity” vote feel of a public only vote. Having 60% of weight on the panel we feel curbs the ability to campaign to win and feel it almost discourages it. We’d like nominees to focus on being the best at their job rather than campaigning for votes.